سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ
Surah Ghafir (40) — Ayah 26
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُونِىٓ أَقْتُلْ مُوسَىٰ وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُۥٓ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُمْ أَوْ أَن يُظْهِرَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْفَسَادَ ﴿26﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) said: "Leave me to kill Mûsâ (Moses), and let him call his Lord (to stop me from killing him)! I fear that he may change your religion, or that he may cause mischief to appear in the land!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And said
فِرْعَوْنُ
fir'ʿawnu
Firaun
ذَرُونِىٓ
dharūnī
Leave me
أَقْتُلْ
aqtul
(so that) I kill
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
وَلْيَدْعُ
walyadʿu
and let him call
رَبَّهُۥٓ ۖ
rabbahu
his Lord
إِنِّىٓ
innī
Indeed, I
أَخَافُ
akhāfu
[I] fear
أَن
an
that
يُبَدِّلَ
yubaddila
he will change
دِينَكُمْ
dīnakum
your religion
أَوْ
aw
or
أَن
an
that
يُظْهِرَ
yuẓ'hira
he may cause to appear
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the land
ٱلْفَسَادَ
l-fasāda
the corruption
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
26. 1. This was probably said by Pharaoh to those people who were preventing him from killing Musa (عليه السلام).
26. 2. This expresses Pharaoh's audacity: "Let me see how his Lord saves him, let him call upon his Lord and see." Or it is a denial of the Lord altogether: "Which Lord does he have who will save him?"—because he used to call himself the Lord.
26. 3. That is, "lest he turn people away from the worship of others besides Allah and direct them to the worship of only one Allah, or lest discord arise because of him." The meaning was that if some people from my nation accept his call, they will argue and dispute with those who do not accept it, which will lead to fighting and conflict among them, becoming a source of discord. In this way, he declared the call to Tawheed as the cause of discord and the people of Tawheed as troublemakers, whereas in reality, he himself was the troublemaker, and the worship of others besides Allah is the root of all discord.
26. 2. This expresses Pharaoh's audacity: "Let me see how his Lord saves him, let him call upon his Lord and see." Or it is a denial of the Lord altogether: "Which Lord does he have who will save him?"—because he used to call himself the Lord.
26. 3. That is, "lest he turn people away from the worship of others besides Allah and direct them to the worship of only one Allah, or lest discord arise because of him." The meaning was that if some people from my nation accept his call, they will argue and dispute with those who do not accept it, which will lead to fighting and conflict among them, becoming a source of discord. In this way, he declared the call to Tawheed as the cause of discord and the people of Tawheed as troublemakers, whereas in reality, he himself was the troublemaker, and the worship of others besides Allah is the root of all discord.
